Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatic Cancer: Literature Review

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Julia Pastorello
Emanuela Lando
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3094-1082
Lorenzo Gervaso
Nicola Fazio

Abstract

Despite the metabolic activity, especially related to endocrinological disease, diabetes mellitus seems to be intrinsically associated with pancreatic cancer, studies in this line of research are still limited and without a detailed description of the disorders that confirm the association between them. Thus, the present study aims, in essence, through the literature review method, to present the association of pancreatic neoplasia and diabetes mellitus, seeking to evaluate the mechanism of association between the endocrinological presentation studied as a causality factor or possible consequence in the face of the neoplasm condition, as well as evaluating the possibility of screening, according to associative confirmation, of patients with diabetes mellitus in relation to the development of pancreatic cancer, considering that this neoplasm has one of the highest mortality rates ever described in the literature.

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Pastorello, J., Lando, E., Gervaso, L., & Fazio, N. (2023). Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatic Cancer: Literature Review. Brazilian Journal of Case Reports, 3(3), 29–34. https://doi.org/10.52600/2763-583X.bjcr.2023.3.3.29-34
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Health Review
Author Biographies

Julia Pastorello, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hospital de Clínicas de Passo Fundo - HCPF

Department of Clinical Oncology, Hospital de Clínicas de Passo Fundo - HCPF, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Academic League of Oncology and Hematology – LANC-HCPF, Hospital de Clínicas de Passo Fundo - HCPF, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Emanuela Lando, Internal Medical Resident at Fundação Hospitalar Santa Terezinha de Erechim - FHSTE

Academic League of Oncology and Hematology – LANC - HCPF, Hospital de Clínicas de Passo Fundo - HCPF, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Internal Medical Resident at Fundação Hospitalar Santa Terezinha de Erechim – FHSTE, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Lorenzo Gervaso, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Institute Europeo de Oncologia – IEO

Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Institute Europeo de Oncologia – IEO – Milano, Lombardia, Italia.

Nicola Fazio, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Institute Europeo de Oncologia – IEO

Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Institute Europeo de Oncologia – IEO – Milano, Lombardia, Italia.

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